Yeah the NHL's blackout policy is ridiculous. Yes, they are a gate revenue driven league, I get that, but for them to blackout games in Edmonton while I'm here in Calgary on a weeknight is silly. Of course I'm going to take a day off work to go to Edmonton to watch a game on a weeknight, then drive or fly back to make it to work the next day. Nope, not going to happen so why black it out down here? I found that once Rogers started blacking out more local games I've lost interest in local teams.
As poor as the blackout situation is here in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the territories have it by far the worst. The NHL considers the Flames, Oilers and Jets local teams to these areas. The amount of games people in these areas get to watch from these teams is ridiculously low. 22 Jets, 36 Flames and 37 Oilers games. Why bother to support these teams when they won't let you watch them?
https://nhllive.rogers.com/en/support-game-availability-sknwtnt